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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-28
~HarrisOnviIIe NOtes.

Frank G. Smith, of Bridgeton, addressed
a Prohibition mass meeting in the town
hall, at this place, On Wednesday evening.
A jolly company of Harrisonville Good
Templars got together last Monday even
ing and went to Pedricktown, where they
paid a friendly visit to the lodge of that
place. After enjoying themselves as much
as possible they returned home in the small
hours of the night.
Our temperance union was well repre-
sented at the state convention at Melville
this week. A. few of our people went on
the special train Tuesday evening to hear
the lecture by Miss Frances E. Willard,
Rev. ]. Y. Dobbins Will preach and hold
quarterly conference in the NJ. f. Church
on Thursday night of next week.
Children's meeting to be held in the
church on Sunday evening. Samuel Pimm
will rave charge. All are invited.
The literary contest now being held by
the Good Templars is about half com
pleted. Lille Borton's side is now far in
the lead, but it would be hard to prophesy
yet which side will carry off The p%ennant.
The band of Italians who have been
working OF the railroad have gone, and
the people are not at all sorry.
Kinne's show, consisting Of ventrilc-
quism, magic tricks, etc., will be given in
the hall Friday (to-night).
Charles Wilson is shipping quite a large
quantity Of moulding clay to different fac
tories over the State.
virgins buys poultry every day except
Friday and Saturday, and Allen comes
into town every Thursday, making a very
good home market.
Our sportsmen are getting their guns GU
and cleaning them up, preparatory to the
opening Of the rabbit season.
CoGITo.
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SAT- CrOp Report.

The crop report for October contains
some interesting matter relative to the
condition Of agriculture in New Jersey.
Referring to the wheat crop the following
notes from correspondents in the several
counties in the State arc given: Union
County-Yield light; quality good. Bur-
lington County-much of the wheat cut is
very poor. Morris County-badly injured
by rain. Sussex County-wheat crop
struck by rust and injured. Middlesex
County-wheat winter killed. Warren
County-not over half a crop; some very
good fields and some with nothing; quality
a little inferior. Gloucester County
turning out a light yield. The yield of
rye is given as H. bushels per acre. The
other products of New Jersey are given as
follows: Buckwheat, SO per cent, corn
(high), 81 per cent. Irish potatoes (fair),
e2 per cent. sweet potatoes Qarge crop,
06 per cent Grapes. average crop; good
condition.
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political Notes.

The Democratic Executive Committee of
Gloucester county have placed George w.
Reed, of Paulsboro, on the ticket for
County Clerk,
The Prohibitionists are arranging for a
mass-meeting to be held in the Opera
House, on Friday evening of next week, to
be addressed by Frank G. Smith. and
others to be engaged. This will be Piles
groves Prohibition rally of this campaign.
Frank c. Smith, of Bridgeton, after de-
~iivering one of his eloquent addresses at
Mickleton, on Monday evening, fell in q
faint, and remained unconscious about five
minutes. On his recovery he was able to
proceed home, and is now i'll his usual
health.
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He'd.

GUEST.-In Pennsgrove, October 18th, 1887,
David Guest, aged 1years, IL months, % days.
DEYAULT.-Near sweGesboro, Oct. 18th,
Benlah. wife OF samuel r.. Devault, aged 40
years, 5 months.
sTETsER.-Near Bridgeport, Oct. l6, Emma
>, daughter OF Eli and Beulah Stetser, in the
9th year of her age.
AYlS.-At Pitman Grove, Oct. 18th, Virginia,
wife of Charles ID. Avis, and daughter of J ohm
T. and Patience sickler. aged ?. years and IL
months.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-28

Miss Annie Peterson and Miss Sallie
French are visiting in Orange. this State.
Chester Bridgman, who recently re-
moved from this place to llordentown,
was in town this week.
Joseph Meyers, lately in the employ OF
Frank G. Mount, is now on the road for
the Fleischmann Yeast Company.
DR.. W. II. Cooper, veterinary surgeon,
of Salem, was stricken with paralysis on
Sunday evening. He is slowly recovering.
George w. Boone has secured a position
in the Glass Company's new store in
Bridgeton, of which his brother, VIM. B.
Boone, is manager.
James White, Jr., formerly OF this
place, who has for a number of years been
in the employ of Strawbridge & Clothier,
Philadelphia, is now i'll Europe in the in
terest of that firm. He is expected to re-
turn next month.
Miss Ida A. Ware, of Pedricktown, was
married on Thursday afternoon of last
week to G. f. Reynolds, of Scranton, Pa.
The ceremony took place at the residence
Of the BRIDES parents, and was solemnized
by Rev. DR.. J. Z. Price, Of Scranton. Thu
newly married couple will reside at Scran-
ton.
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The Black Dress Stuffs. No
striking newness to name; old
favorites, often with each old
goodness made better; a falling
off nowhere.
Henriettas were at first used
only as mourning stuffs. Many
women think that is their limit
now. Wrong. We sell most
Henriettas for out of mourning
wear. A silk-and-wool stuff.
Softness and delicacy of the
finest wool; springy, crisp
toughness of the silk. A mixed
fabric with none Of the faults of
mixed fabrics. 85c to 81. Be
low 81, SO in., above, 40 in.
Drap d'Alma. Another of
Priestley's and another favor
tie. Simple elegance in the fine
diagonal lines. Silk-and-Wool,
SI.25 to $3.50; Atwood, 75c to
81.
Camel's-hair will be at the
front this season, especially for
shopping wear. Priestley's
Camel's-hair Serge is a quick
friend-getter; "A in, 81 to 81.
Three styles of silk-and-wool
Camel's-hair Diagonals from the
famous Bradford maker. Didn't
exactly hit the popular taste.
That is why the price is down
from $3.50 to SI.25.
Full lines of Lupin's Merlnos
are here; SO to 40 ill.,, soc to
SI.z5.
Cashmeres, best makes, SOC
to SI.75.
Alpacas are again coming in.
to favor for dresses; o5c to 81.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-28

A meeting of the Salem County Temper
ance Alliance will be held in Reform Asso-
citation Hall, Salem, next Wednesday. An
interesting programme is being prepared.
Thomas Green killed a hog for George
Young, Sharptown, last week, weighing
408 pounds, and two yesterday for James
DUR, of the same place, weighing sos and
459 pounds each.
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WooDsrowN LODGE, No. los, /. o. q. t.
Meets every Tuesday evening in Turner's
Building.
WoopsrowN LODGE, No. 13S, f.. & a. M
Meets Tuesday evening, IN or before full
moon and two weeks thereafter, in Bortonts
Hall.
WooDBIYE LODGE, No. 1873, !. O. 0. F.
Meets in Turner's Building every Friday
evening.
MosAcsA TRIBE, No. AZ, IMP o. r. NJ
Meets in Turner's Building every Monday
evening.
Meets every Wednesday eveninginT Turner's
Building.
HARMoNY COUNCIL, No. So, o. u. A.. NJ
Meets every Tuesday evening i'll Riiey's
Binding.
WYcKoFF COUNCIL, No. 81, JR. O. U. \. M
Meets every Wednesday, evening in Itiley's
Building.
WoMAN's CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
Meets every Friday evening at their room
in Turner's Building. President, Mrs. Anna
+. Soudcr; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. L.
Il. ~Humphrexs.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-28
sale OF nniiaIng LOIS.

We call attention to the sale Of building
lots advertised in another part OF this
paper, on account of estate of Anna =.
Bowen, decd. A reference To the plan
and description will satisfy any one that
these are among the most eligible of the
lots, off the main streets, yet offered in the
borough,
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GUana,maker's

Philadelphia, Monday, Oct. %, 1887.
In writing for Dress Goods
be careful to state what sort of
dress you wish.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-28

Extra services are going on in the NJ. Il,
church at S~wedesboro.
Revival services were commenced last
Sunday in the Alloway NJ. +. church.
Quarterly conference in the Alloway NJ.
f. church tomorrow evening. Quarterly
meeting and love-feast will be held on
Sunday, with preaching by the Presiding
Elder.
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Two Dress stuffs that we can

Two Dress stuffs that we can
not well say too much for.
A fine, Atwood, Habit Cloth.
Not a scrimp about it. From
the fleece to the dye every step
taken with extra care. A stuff
that shows its bringing up,
Warmth with lightness; a soft,
perfectly finished surface on
good, strong, well-spun, well
woven yarn. There are plenty
of other stuffs as good, plenty
better, but we believe this to be
tie best for the money that YOU
have ever had a chance to buy.
so in, soc. Blues, browns.
greens, garnets, brown and gray
mixed, blue mixed.
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All ever sne county.

All ever sse Counfy.
Salem dealers have advanced the price
of coal to So Is per ton.
r. G. parvin has Withdrawn from the
Parvin Spring Wagon Company at Penns-
grove.
John Robinson has disposed OF his inter
est in the Elmer Glass Works to a firm in
Camden. .
Freebooter Miller, of Pittsgroye town
ship, has a crop Of potatoes that averages
three hundred bushels to the acre.
A large snake, said to be fifteen feet long,
is reported to nave been seen in the vicin-
ity Of Elmer several times lately.
c. r. Merriam, of Elmer, has put up
this year 176, 900 three-pounds cans, 5000
gallon cans and 4 800 bottles of tomatoes.
VIM. Hunt, a yoang farmer Of Pedrick-
town, recently lost an eye by having it hit
with a piece of stone which he was pound
ing.
Thieves entered the .store-hoHse on the
wharf at Pennsville. on Sunday evening,
and stole twenty bushels of potatoes.
belonging to William Carpenter, ST.
DR.. Horace Ware, of Pedricktown, lately
amputated a little toe for Mrs. Nicholas
Holton, of that place, Mrs. Holton has
suffered for a long time from rheumatism
Which had drawn the toe into such shape
as to make it impossible for her to wear a
shoe.
About two weeks ago Isaac G.. Croft, Ct
Mullica Hill, son of Joseph Croft, cut his
foot while chopping, the axe indicting a
bad cash in his instep. DR.. Carr was call
ed to attend him, and indications for
several days were favorable for recovery,
but within the last three or four days
symptoms of lock Jaw have set in.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-28

FRiENDs-Scryiees on First and Fifth days at
1890 A.. NJ. Monthly meeting first Tuesday
after last Monday in the month. Sunday
school meets ut 800 o'clock every Sunday
morning.
METHODIST EPIscopAL-Rev. Il. II. Durell.
Services at 1000 A. NJ. and 80 p. NJ. Prayer
meeting Wednesday at 80 p. NJ.
sunday school at 2.o0F. NJ, superintendent,
George w. Boone.
sBAPrfsr-Rey. w. Il. Cornwell.
Services Mt 1000 a. NJ. and 40 p. NJ. Prayer
meeting Thursday at 80 p. NJ.
sunday School at 200 2. NJ, Joseph Bradway,
superintendent.
PREsBYTERIAN--Rev. Il. p. johnson.
Services at 1000 A. NJ. and 40 r. NJ. Prayer
meeting Wednesday at 40 P. VI.
sunday school at Has A. NJ, j. L. Jaquette,
superintendent.
CATaoLIc-Rev Father Tracey.
Beginning Sunday, January 9Th, services at
II O'Clock, 4. NJ, and every other sunday at .
O'Clock, a. NJ.
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ONCE hours, 500 A. NJ. to 500 2. NJ.
ONCE hours for money order business, 100
a. NJ. to 100 P. NJ.
MAILs-Close at Gas and sos A.. NJ, 1898 and
4.13 P. NJ. Arrive ut 9.39 A.. NJ, 500 and 100 T. NJ.
SALEM M~ATLs-Close at 9.l9 A. NJ. and $40 ?. NJ.
Arrive at II. so and 4.lj p. NJ.
SHARPTowS M~AlLs-Close at $50 A. NJ. Arrive
at 1880 A.. NJ.
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HE MONITOR.
1irectocu
WEST JERSEY RAILROAD.
On and after oct. 81, 1857.

Trains going north.-Z07 and s.l3 A. NJ, 1913
and 4.04 p. NJ. sundays, I42 A. NJ, and Los y. NJ.
Trains going south.-9. % A. NJ, 2.47, 4.50 and
6.29p !. NJ. Sundays, 9lSA A. NJ. and 6. 80 7. NJ.
Trains leave Philadelphia.-S.20 20 a. NJ, l.30, $40
and $50 p. NJ. Sundays, 500 A. NJ. and 5.15 p. NJ.
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Some of the very little-priced
Dress Stuffs. A surprise in
every yard.
Good, neat Plaids, fit for re-
modelling dresses, for childrens
school dresses, or for any com
mon wear. ooc. Variety of
styles and colors.
Handsome half-wool Satin
Diagonals, Brocades, Cash
meres, i2Hc.
A good, hard-twisted we'll
wearing Plaid, 2S in, I5c. The
plaid effect comes mainly from
bunchy dabs of colored threads
on a cheerful ground. Looks
to be worth twice the price.
Maybe it is.
Three from fifty or a hundred.
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Goats, Wraps, Jackets, Rag
lans, and what not for women's
outside wear. Thousands of
styles. Newest stuffs, shapes
and shades. Fresh and bright
NOT a musty, trumpery thing
in the lot.
Neither tie assortment nor the
Prizes cau be matched IA tozom.
Judge by these:
English Plaid and Check
tailor-made Jackets, open seams,
81. 30. With satin-lined hood,
So.
Tailor-made Stockinet and
Berlin Twill Jackets, open seam;
brown, blue, black, S2.5o.
Newmarkets, Plaids and
Checks, with cape, $3.50; black
~diagonals, 81.
"a Brown Beaver Newman
kets, with cape, satin-faced, $40;
all sizes.
Raglans, English Plaids and
Cheeks, So.
Beaver and Diagonal Wraps,
Astrakhan trimming, S. 50.
Our special real Lister Seal
Cloth Long Goats, Wraps, and
Jackets, satin-lined:
Long Coats, real seal trimming, sl7.5o.
Wraps. bali trimming, Sl2.
Jackets, real seal trimming, SO.
We guarantee quality, work
manship, fit, and price; as well
made as any of our $Ioo gar
ments.
The Linen tide. AT full flow
with all the haxen whiteness
and brightness of the Old World
the Linen world.
The goods and the prices are
doing it. These are some O
the special things we are selling.
Such worth in Linens we think
has never before been Offered
for the money.
HANDKERCHlEFs.
1000 dozen women's pure Linen Handkei
chiefs, hemstiched, colored borders, new pat
terms, 81. 80 a dozen.
1000 dozen Mems pure Linen handkerchief
worth 81 cents each, 81 81 Il dozen.
1000 dozen Men'spnre Linen Handkerchief
choice patterns, <sa dozen.
500 dozen Mems pure Linen handkerchief
extra quality, VI a dozen
case Mems heavy Linen Handkerchief
slightly imperfect. various qualities, is1s cent
each.
/ case similar goods, extra size, l5cents eacl
Gases of all sorts OF hite Linen llandkel
chiefs, hemmed and hemstitched.
case Women's old fashioned handkel
chiefs, 40 and 80 cents n Dozen
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!. Foee, s~ecretary.

, mp 's1.0D
Permits granted for the use of books at {
cents per week, on application to any of The
trustees.
i. S. FoGe, Secretary.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-28

P~ILEseRovE LIBRARY N REApING Room.
OPEN SATURDAYS FROM 800 TO DOC p. NJ.
second story RileVis Buildinp.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-28

Grouped hair-line stripes
forming plaids on ground
splashed with parti-colored silk
noils. A striking, likeable
fabric. Full of life and snap, as
stuffs go. A Justin newness;
made to our order. s styles,
each with a new beauty. A
regular 81 material-better
than many you think a quick
dollars worth. 54 in, &c.
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TRIPIE PLATED KNIVES
$3.50 PER DOzEN-
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-08
znE soUrn's ONWARD COURSE.

The attention of the North ia Just
now strongly called to the progress
made in the South by mutual visits to
each others sections, but still stronger
notice lie aroused, and will be more
no, by the evidences OF Southern
progress supplied by increasing COM
merce and manufactures. The in
ereaslng amount OF Southern iron
now entering the Northern markets,
including those of Pennsylvania, ia a
powerful illustration OF the enterprise
and industry that now distinguishes
the South. In 1883, 5S 500 tons of
Southern pig iron were shipped to the
East aud sold in Eastern markets; in
1885 99,06s; in 1885, 1912 tons. A
gain of 10000 tons in 1885 over 1886
ia startling proof that the South Is
vigorously at work. Three years ago
Alabama sent but 1886 tons to the
Eastern States, and Tennessee 700; TO.
day their shipments are $4,000 and
22,176 respectively. These opera
tioDs, however, are by no means
all that is doing. Southern manufac-
,ories Of stoves, hardware, plows,
agricultural implements aud steel,
take large amounts OF the home pro.
ducts, and liberal exports are also
made. The FIVE furnaces Of the Ten,
Reslee Iron Company turn out as
much pig iron as the great Thomal
Iron Company of Pennsylvania, audit
clips all over the Union and to CAN
ada. There is prospect that the export
trade will greatly increase. Southern
fruits, and other products beside iron,
arc making their way 80 rapidly into
Northern markets, that the North can.
mot help recognizing the wonderful
strides forward the South is now maxi
lTp
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-08
The Kind of man We Want for Sen
atOr

GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf. The Leaf
IS urging no man a. a candidate for
Uniteu States Senator, but II the Leg
islaure should consult this papars
advice in the matter, II could give
some very wholesome suggestions, in
general way, as 10 the msnner OF
man that should be selected. Fret,
and above al, it would urge that he
be not An anachrunism. Az this pro.
gressige peri d in the States history,
it would be nothing to her al
VANTAGE to send for six years to
the Unit d States senste a man
whose every idea Is essential of the
past A moke mumbing over the
re'olutlons OF '98 g Id DO us no good
in the Senate. v want man not
only abreast Of the times ia bis in.
formation, but one possessed CT that
sold business ability that makes its
possessor 30 efficient; one who knows
the needs Of the Stats ard is capable
of looking at er them; man Of in
dustrial habit and conscientious mould,
who will consider public Office pub
lie trust and devote more time TO
looking after the welfare OF the
State than to preparing long
winded speeches to be published
in tho Congressional Record and
like attempts a personal display. We
should not like to sac a nincompoop in
the Senate, with no ability to express
himself when occasion required. Ora
tory 10 always desirable accomplish
ment in public man, but it Is only
an accomplie hment. If choice is to
be made between a man who con
speak and has no busint IS sense and
man with business sense who can't
speak, by all means the latter should
he eleeted, provided he also has
that intelligence and strength of
mind which fits q man for public
sffairs. That the man to be chosen
must be Democrat is a matter OF
course. The boiler than thou Phari.
sees Of the machine camp pretend to
fear that the party may he defeated
but that is absurd. We would bs de.
lighted 10 know that slme Demcc at
who e 8 the description We have given
will b. chosen. The description is in
no sense peisoual, and we have no
one in our minds eve to whom it may
apply, bu, as II is the province OF the
press 10 advise the Legislature ia this
regard, our admonition lie, Lcok out
for that kind OF man.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-08

whether cotton rise or fall in price,
stronger and stronger the call comea
each passing year that the call cotton
system must go" Every year dem.
onetra'es more surely the ruinous con-
sequences OF that tystem, 1t plupges
the farmer into debt, il robs him Of
independence, /. keeps him in a con,
tihual safe Of worry and anxiety. II
makes day distressing and night sleep.
less. The desert!on OF the hill lands of
h'sSifsippi by the negroes has intensi.
fed the evil there, but good Judges
believe that the infiiction will prove
20 be a blessing. The Vick.burv
Herald says everything urges the own.
era of hill lands to diversity their crops
sad 10 raise stock. The late seyere
winters have killed stock on the West.
ern plains end diminished profI,s
there. In the gentlsr cimste OF Mis-
sissipp such casualtIee ar3 impossible
Where here is a moderate climate
water, ard grasses aud graina, stock
raieiog Is pro6table-more 60, The
HTOld leains, than any business
the Agricultural can engage in. With
tbo came capital and same energy
shown ia cotton planting any coun-
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-08
wOMnSs INDIAN ASSOCIATION.

We have received a circular from
Mrs. John Lucas, Of Philadelphia of the
women's Philadelphia auxiliary Of the
Women's National Indi an Association,
calling public attention to the efforts
made and making by them in behalf
Of the much wronged Indians. The
efforts OF the kind hearted ladies have
done much TO arouse attention TO the
wrongs Of the Indian, and 10 lead the
public to aid in carrying out the benef-
cent changes in our Indian policy,
80 nobly advocated by President
Cleveland in his recent message to
Congress. There are government
schools among the Indians, and the
church has been liberal in aiding
thor Advancement toward civiiiEa-
ton, but there are still sixty tribes OF
Indians without missionary teachers.
Though the government owes the In-
dams $26,0OO,O0O. the last session OF
Congress left nineteen Indian bills
unattended to, although, in 1884, 4SO
Piegau Indians were starved TO death
btcauss the appropriation for them
was made 80 late that the provisions
for them arrived too late to save
these victims Of neglect. The women's
association, by various publications,
makes the needs of the Indians kno wn;
endeavors to induce the government
TO fulfll its Indian treaties and to 10
peal all laws that restrain their ad,
vance and keep them from epjoying
the rights and becoming amenable to
the duties OF citizenship, enjoying the
Advantages Of education and the ele-
vating influences Of Christianity. The
active efforts of the gentle eek have
done much to lead the people of the
United States to demand justice iorthe
Indian, by their publications, to which
they earnestly ihvite public attention
aud which can be had by applying to
Miss H. Il Foote, Of lll2 Girard street,
Philadelphia. Friends OF Indians can
become members OF the association on
payment Of 81 year. The generous
attention OF the benevolent ladies Of
Memphis is solicited in aid OF the
noble work in which the Women's
National Association is so devotedly
engaged.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-08

that there is no formulated charges
against the nominee, but there are
people who claim that he is not =
practical printer or bookbinder, and
in these respects does not mest the
RI quirements of the laws governing
the appointment to this office. The
committee finds itself called upon to
not only investigate and determine
the questions Il fact, but to interpret
the Jaw. Il is argued on one hand that
to b a practical printer and book
binder one must have served an APP
premiership at type setting and have
worked with his own hands at book
binding. Ga the other hand, it is
urged the manager Of an immense
establishment ike the Government
Printing Office may he all the more
efficient for not having passed his life
10 wrestling with the minute or the
mere ms hsnical features of the work
ia hand. The committee will give
Mr.. Benedict ample OPP portunity to
reply to anything which may be said
against him.